CELTA Assignment Two

[@Sarah-ds1lg]

Hello Chadi, As a freshly graduated celta teacher, I want to thank you for sharing this with us, I've been following this channel since the Celta. I remember doing my assignments with ur videos open, and eventually got a pass.. it's really thanks to you !

[@Britishey]

Thank you for the heartening words Sarah. They mean a lot.

[@esraaal-rashed3936]

Thank you for the insightful tutorials and the unconditional support you're offering here.

[@Britishey]

Always welcome Esraa

[@hajarabdu8643]

So so useful ❤❤❤❤❤❤ May Allah grant you with blessings

[@Britishey]

Thanks indeed

[@كمالرفيقابوسعده]

Truly, I can't catch a word to express how your information is great and useful. thank you so much.

[@Britishey]

Thank you so much my friend.

[@ОльгаГончарова-й2н]

Thanks a lot, it looks like here there is more useful information than at the input 😂

[@Britishey]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Lorenjia]

Thank you for this! Back here to prepare for assignment 2 which is due next week. :)

[@Britishey]

Always welcome 💪🏼💪🏼

[@JW-gn9lz]

Thank you very much for the effort putting out this video. Highly appreciated Sir !

[@Britishey]

Always welcome my friend

[@JW-gn9lz]

@@Britishey how can some one contact you ?

[@Britishey]

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[@JW-gn9lz]

@@Britishey thanks

[@Britishey]

@@JW-gn9lz Always welcome

[@tink3096]

Even I am taking your videos help . Thank you so much .

[@balbalbalbal6083]

ربنا يكرمك ويفتح عليك 🙏😍🤗

[@Britishey]

حبيبي الله يكرمك

[@sarehdinakani2161]

Enjoy it alot, ur excellent 👌🏻👍

[@samahsalama3692]

Awesome as usual sir ...Allah bless you

[@Britishey]

Thank you Samah

[@jollyreadatspead273]

Practical English grammar app from where I can download ,please.

[@sarehdinakani2161]

Perfect explanation 👍

[@AhmedAyman-cb1tj]

تسلم يا رب جزاك الله خيرا

[@Britishey]

حبيبي وإياكم

[@maareeia]

Do we need to learn the phonemic script before starting CELTA

[@Britishey]

Yes, you do.

[@maareeia]

Oh alright thankyou

[@maareeia]

In India we don't have many reference books available, If we do they are very expensive Do they provide excerpts from these books for reference?

[@Britishey]

On any CELTA centre including ours, you have access to an ELT library.

[@anitasaul6784]

Thanks a lot. Very useful.

[@Britishey]

Always welcome Anita

[@أحمدمحجوب-ث3خ]

On my LRT now. thank you sir

[@Britishey]

Good luck bro

[@e_ka83]

Another amazing video! Thanks a lot!

[@Britishey]

Always welcome Evgenia.

[@HerrWolfycat]

Hello Shady, I’ve just used this video to help myself answer (Assignment 1 at MY particular centre), Language Analysis. My course is slightly different to this, and I was tasked with analysing three grammar, and two vocabulary points. Thanks to you, I believe I’ve answered it absolutely beautifully but I am nervous about one thing. How tolerant are assessors to word count? I have done my best but cannot get any less than 1091 words… Is there a tolerance of +10%? Also does bibliography count towards final word count?

[@Britishey]

I do not include bibliography in the word count in my assignments. Try to check with your tutors.

[@HerrWolfycat]

@@Britishey It won’t count, and I managed to get to 1087 words whilst (in my opinion) better fitting the rubric for phonology! We do indeed also have 10% of tolerance. I am quite pleased with myself. Is it cheeky to ask if you wouldn’t mind having a little look at my first draft and giving your opinion? I wouldn’t ask for a detailed assessment.. Just “good” or “bad” and how close I got to the mark? The course actually officially starts on Monday, but I’ve been doing background revision for almost a year, and felt comfortable doing the language analysis to give myself a head start, and breathing room as the course is so intense!

[@Britishey]

@@HerrWolfycat As a Cambridge CELTA tutor, I am not allowed my friend but I do welcome general questions 😊😊😊

[@HerrWolfycat]

​@@Britishey Gosh I never thought about that! But makes perfect sense, completely fair. I suppose one question I do have is that for each piece of language there is a section where the reference is included each, and every time. My question is, if the reading references are included in the bibliography (book title, author, publisher), is it necessary to include it every time for each piece of language? Is it okay to omit this? Or if it must be included in some form, is it enough to put the book title alone without author and publisher, and simply include (book title, page number) asking because it counts significantly towards my word count and I’d perhaps like use that for potentially more detail elsewhere.

[@mr.charlie2446]

Do you offer tutoring for current CELTA students? I need help.

[@Britishey]

We teach the CELTA but we do not offer private tutoring for CELTA candidates already on courses.

[@thestraightpath.5036]

WOW, this is an incredible session about the second assignment. Brilliant as usual. What is the tolerance in terms of word count? If the candidate exceeded the required number of words a bit, would this be a factor that might lead to resubmission?

[@Britishey]

My advice would be: if your assignment looks like this one. Then keep things to the point. Don’t write in prose and make most of your answers in bullet points.

[@thestraightpath.5036]

@@Britishey many thanks.

[@Britishey]

@@thestraightpath.5036 Always welcome

[@dodomeshoo9065]

How can I manage the word count? It needs more than required

[@Britishey]

If you follow what I did here, it would be fine my friend.

[@pamk380]

i don't understand what I am supposed to be referencing? I could for example google everything then just put the books you recommended in my bibliography and they'd never know?

[@Britishey]

If the information you provide is correct and identical, I would say maybe, but I strongly advise you to depend on these references and not the internet. Not everything that is out there on the net is to be trusted.

[@Britishey]

As for what to reference, for example, when you provide a definition for a vocabulary item, make sure you mention which dictionary you visited for that purpose.

[@pamk380]

Thank you so much for responded so quickly, I'm up late doing this assignment. I feel like what I've written is pretty basic and obvious. I have tried to use the book, but whether or not I've done a good job I'm not sure. Really stressed, I'm on 760 words and not sure if I've done certain parts correct.

[@RobertsBulgaria]

It would be even better if you could TIME STAMP your videos so students can quickly refer to sections they need to revise.

[@Britishey]

Good point but may I ask you how this can be done if you don’t mind.

[@RobertsBulgaria]

@@Britishey You can either TYPE it long hand in your description or, type, copy and paste into a reply and PIN IT so it will always be the first reply post anyone will see. There is a KZbin feature too nowadays, but for that, my friend, you will need to go research KZbin for the answers. I'm only here to learn and try and assist my Russian Wife get through this TORTUROUS course. 🤦‍

[@RobertsBulgaria]

BTW, I sent you an email. Check your SPAM.

[@Britishey]

@@RobertsBulgaria hahaah and you ended up helping the tutors as well 😂😂😂 Thanks Robert, this is a lot of help 🙏🙏🙏

[@balbalbalbal6083]

عايزين فيديو عن دلتا موديول ٢ 🙏

[@Britishey]

يا مسهل

[@mr.charlie2446]

What is the name of the APP? Any link?

[@Britishey]

What App?

[@mr.charlie2446]

The Michael Swan grammar app. I've found a link to a website that describes it, but I can't tell if it's no longer available, or blocked here in Hong Kong. Any alternatives? By the way, this videi has been 10 times more helpful that the four CELTA classes I've been in so far. I really learn a lot about the details!@@Britishey

[@mhm_munim]

can i get the application of swan's book?

[@Britishey]

You can find it on Apple market or Google store under the name PEU

[@OrjwanFahad]

I couldn’t find the app in Apple Store could you please write the full name or put a picture

[@romansanchez9961]

​@@OrjwanFahad PEU = Practical English Usage. It's expensive. You can downlad for free the pdf and searh through the index and find everything fast. The application takes 2 seconds and the pdf, tyou need 30 seconds to look at the index and go to the right page.

[@certifiedthreds9746]

Dear teacher, thank you for the wonderful lesson. I have one question and would appreciate it very much if you could provide an answer. When you was writing the form to the sentence "you shouldn't eat pizza" you wrote S + should + not + inf. Why does the form end with infinitive? I thought that infinitive verbs need the word to + verb (i.e to eat) and i would have thought the word 'eat' was simply a base verb. I'm new to studying the English language and I'm finding your videos very beneficial so thank you very much dear teacher!

[@Britishey]

Always welcome my friend, there are two kinds of infinitives: to-infinitive (to work) or bare infinitive (work)

[@certifiedthreds9746]

@@Britishey Okay thank you teacher

[@Britishey]

@@certifiedthreds9746 Always welcome

[@Sarah-ds1lg]

I would say this though, part of me is still holding on to the excessively high standard of teaching lol which is why I came in with a question today ( please read through) here's the example (taken from Straightforward Intermediate) : 'During my 35 years as a travel writer, I've visited more countries that I can count' During is a period of time, and since the woman still works as a travel writer, so the during her 35 years as a travek writer is considered an unfinished period of time. I've used Two ccq's to check meaning for during 1- Is during a period of time or a specefic point in time? period 2- does she still work as a travel writer ? yes. following, So is during her 35 years as a travel writer a finished period or unfinished? Unfinished The question is, should I add more ccq's to check for the meaning of 'during' ? Since 'during' could mean one of two things * specefic point in a period of time *throughout the whole period Thank you so much

[@Britishey]

I would recommend using a timeline instead of CCQs here. It will be faster and clearer to students.

[@Sarah-ds1lg]

@@Britishey thank you so much for answering, Yes, will do. Should I do a timeline just to show that it's an unfinished period, or it's better to also include the fact that the action happened throughout the period?

[@Britishey]

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[@theladyofavalon]

Hi Chadi! I am watching your videos because I will be taking a CELTA course in a month! Can you please write the name of the app that you are using for vocabulary in this video?? Thanks a lot!!🌈 Love from Turkey!!👋🏻

[@Britishey]

It is Cambridge electronic dictionary but you can use others as well like Oxford or Longman

[@theladyofavalon]

@@Britishey Great!! Thanks a lot!!🙈

[@Britishey]

@@theladyofavalon always welcome dear

[@lronwoman3304]

لو سمحت يادكتور شرح سريع عن الفرق بين التيفل والسيلتا من حيث المحتوي وليس الإعتماد أو السعروممكن واحد يغني عن التاني ولو عندك فيديو سابق بيوضح الفرق ياريت تضعلي اللينك

[@Britishey]

شوفي يا ستي التيفل اللي بنقدمه في بريتيشي زي السيلتا في كل حاجة … واع لو خلصتيه ممكن تنقلي على ال CertPT على طول

[@lronwoman3304]

@@Britishey طيب بيحتاجو حضور مباشر؟ ولو بالخارج ممكن أعمل إيه يعني السيلتا بيبدأ في يوليو وينتهي متى مثلا؟ و التيفل ١٢٠ ساعة مدتهم قد إيه بالشهور؟

[@Britishey]

@@lronwoman3304 السيلتا ممكن شهر full time او تلات شهور part time. التيفل في بريتيشي بنعمله part time

[@lronwoman3304]

@@Britishey يعني الأونلاين مش متاح؟

[@Britishey]

@@lronwoman3304 الأونلاين متاح في الاتنين

[@hamnaanam2243]

I need some help.

[@panAhmed-mm1ms]

In this assignment how about the pronunciation in this sentence, How to analyse it .... 6. If scientists invented a pill which, if you took it, would keep you awake for ever, would you take it? (grammar)..I really followed you instructions,but my tutor told me not correct can you clarify or any one can help me only with pronunciation

[@Britishey]

My advice is to read your tutor’s comments carefully and pay attention to features of connected speech when you are analysing.

[@hamnaanam2243]

Four heads are better than one.